Wuxi Travel Guide

Basic information Telephone area code: 0510 Emergency call: 110, 119, 120 Wuxi Tourism Quality Complaint Office: 0510-85052599 Destination overview Destination sketch Located 128 kilometers from Shanghai and 183 kilometers from Nanjing, Wuxi is one of the important traffic hubs of […]

Basic information

Telephone area code: 0510
Emergency call: 110, 119, 120
Wuxi Tourism Quality Complaint Office: 0510-85052599

Destination overview

Destination sketch

Located 128 kilometers from Shanghai and 183 kilometers from Nanjing, Wuxi is one of the important traffic hubs of Jiangsu Province. Wuxi has an area of 4788 square kilometers and a population of about 4,700,000 and is hailed as “the pearl on the Taihu Lake”. It is also a famous historic and cultural city with a history of over 3000 years, where the Wu Culture and the South Yangtze River Culture were cultivated. Early in the Ming Dynasty, Wuxi had been known around the country for its brick-making, iron-melting, ceramics, silk reeling and cloth-weaving; and it was considered as “the small Shanghai” since the 20th century.

Best Travel season

Wuxi has a warm and humid climate with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 15.5C (59.9F). It is rich in rainfall all year round. Autumn is the best season to pay a visit. In this refreshing season, your palate would be revitalized by the delicious fresh water Wuxi products in Taihu Lake as well as the juicy fruits of the area.

Though the weather is changeable, spring is also a great season to visit for it is the time when various flowers are blooming. In the bite of cold winter, many temple fairs full of the local characters will make this city very lively. It is not suitable to go to Wuxi in summer since the climate is hot and rainy in this season and the temperature would be beyond 36C (96.8F) at this

Consumption level

The consumption level of Wuxi is lower than that of Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places nearby. For accommodation, it is more appropriate to choose a daily consumption of around 150 yuan. In addition to the cost of transportation, catering and tickets, the total daily consumption is around 300 yuan.

Practical information

Ancient Canal Visitor Center
Address: left side of Nanchan Temple
Tel: 0510-82823359, 85736037

Huishan Ancient Town Tourist Service Center
Address: No. 42, Qinyuan Street, Ancient Town, Huishan

Taihu Happy Garden Visitor Center
Address: Binhu District, Wuxi City

Rongxiang Historic District Tourist Reception Center
Address: 12 Rongxiang Street District

Intercity traffic

Aircraft

Shuofang International Airport, WUX
Address: New Area Sunan Shuofang National Airport
Airport bus
The airport bus is divided into the first line leading to Wuxi Railway Station and the second line of Liangxi Bridge.
It is about 40 minutes or less. Ticket: 5 yuan / person
bus
The “Six-way intersection” station about 2 kilometers from the airport is the nearest bus stop, and buses 92, 532, and 752 can get off at the airport station. Wuxi bus one-vote system, ordinary car 1 yuan, air-conditioned car 2 yuan

Train

Wuxi Railway Station
Address: Xingyuan North Road, Chong’an District
Phone: 0510-82300426

Wuxi New District Station
Calling the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed rail train and high-speed rail
Address: Xinhua Road and Zhujiang Road

Wuxi Intercity Railway Station
Address: No. 222, Xihu West Road, Tel: 0510-88700390

Wuxi Huishan Station (City Railway Huishan Station)
Address: Jingyi Road, Huishan District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
Tel: 0510-85868704

Long distance bus

Wuxi Bus Station
Address: No. 114, Tonghui East Road, Wuxi City
Tel: 0510-82588188

Wuxi Zhoushanyu Passenger Transport Station
Address: No. 18, Guangqin Road, North of Wuxi Railway Station
Phone: 0510-82353999

Wuxi West Bus Station
Address: No. 5 Liangqing Road, Wuxi City
Tel: 0510-85802297

Traffic in the city

Bus

Yixing Tourism Line
Line: City Station – Best Hotel – International Hotel – Yixing Hotel – Yixing Hotel – Junction – Chuanyu – Ceramic Museum – Zhanggongdong – Yuwotan – Linggu Cave – Taozu Shengjing Scenic Area – Zhuhai Scenic Area
Operating hours: 5:30-20:00
Tickets: 6 yuan

Taxi

Taxi pricing in Wuxi is charged by a combination of mileage and time. Starting price is 10 yuan
/3 km, the current price is 1.9 yuan / km for one way, 3-8 km plus 20% empty driving fee, 8 km plus 50% empty driving fee.

Attractions

Donglin Academy

Enjoy the Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture of this well preserved site with gardens and classrooms of a famous school that prepared its students for the state exam. If you are in the neighborhood, it is worth the 5 yuan entrance fee to visit. Attractions are a stone arch, pool, Donglin monastery, Lize Hall, Yong Tang, Oscillation Temple, promenade, Road South Temple and Donglin Temple.
Address: No. 867, Jiefang East Road, Wuxi City
Arrival method: Take bus No. 55, No. 42, No. 57, No. 15, No. 3, No. 3 to reach
Opening hours: 8:30-17:00, summer open night academy 8:30-21:00
Tickets: 5 yuan
Tel: 0510-82706231

Xihui Park and Old Town

An old town pedestrian street with many souvenir and snack shops. Free but the individual residences cost extra (maybe ¥10 each). The main ticket is for several gardens and temples clustered together including the Garden of Ecstasy (Ji Chang Yuan) one of the leading gardens in SE China and Emperor Qianlong, who made seven visits, had a copy made of the garden at the Summer Palace in Beijing. The entrance ticket is also for the nearby park which is rather large if you spend the time to travel around the hill. You can pay extra for the cable car (might also be available as part of combined ticket) to get to the pagoda on the top of the hill.
Address: No. 2, Huihe Road, Wuxi City
Arrival mode: Bus No. 56, No. 10, No. 2, No. 27, No. 98, No. 71 can be reached.
Opening hours: 8:30-17:30
Tickets: 10 yuan for adults, free for children under 1.2 meters, free for seniors over 70 years old
Phone: 0510-83708324
Www.xhpark.com

Plum Garden

Located five kilometers (3 miles) west of the city of Wuxi, the Plum Garden in Jiangsu Province has long been known as one of the best places for viewing plum blossoms. The garden backs onto Dragon Mountain in the north and faces Taihu Lake in the south. The three elements-mountains, water, and plum blossoms-are combined to create picturesque scenery that fully represents the profound culture of Chinese plum blossom.

As early as 1912, Rong Desheng, one of the first national businessmen, invested in the garden and began its construction. He planted various plum trees on the original plot of 80 mu (13 acres), later expanding it. The garden now occupies an area of more than 500 mu (82 acres). It integrates natural beauty, history and architecture in a harmonious way.
Address: Liangxi Road, Wuxi City
Arrival method: Bus 2, 40, 53, 72, 106 can be reached
Opening hours: 6:00-17:30
Tickets: 10 yuan for adults, free for children under 1.2 meters, free for seniors over 70 years old
Tel: 0510-85514979
Www.wuximeiyuan.com

Li Garden

In the Qingqi Village in Wuxi City, is located the Li Garden which is one of the major scenic spots in China. It lies by Li Lake and covers an area of 8.2 hectares (approx. 98,071 square yards). It is said that Fan Li who was a prime minister of the Yue State in Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC) was very meritorious in helping the king to conquer another state. However, he has decided to live in privacy with Xi Shi (one of the Four Beauties in ancient China) after the big success was achieved. They lived in this area and boated in Li Lake. In order to commemorate Fan Li, the lake was named after his name. However, the garden was named after the lake.
Address: No. 70, Qingqi Village, Wuxi City
Arrival method: bus 82-2, 82-1 road can arrive
Business hours: 7:00-17:30
Tickets: 45 yuan in the peak season; 30 yuan in the off-season
Tel: 0510-85133343

Turtle Head Isle

As an old saying goes, to visit Taihu Lake, Turtle Head Isle is the best place to go. It is a small peninsula resembling a turtle head located in the northwest of Taihu Lake in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, hence the name. Famous for its beautiful scenery, especially cherry blossoms, the place attracts lots of tourists every year. Inside the attraction, there are over 10 individual scenic spots, including Cherry Blossom Valley, Taihu Fairy Island sand Chongshan Yinxiu. With local countryside scenery and landscaped gardens in southern Chinese style, Turtle Head Isle is a top attraction you should pay a visit to in Wuxi.
Address: Northwest Shore of Taihu Lake, Binhu District, Wuxi City
Arrival method: buses 87, 72, 53 can be reached
Opening hours: 8:00-17:30 (winter 8:30-17:00)
Tickets: 105 yuan (including sightseeing cars and cruises to Sanshan Xiandao)
Tel: 0510-85559442, 85551544

Lingshan

The main attraction is Grand Buddha, one of China’s largest Buddha statues at over 80m tall. The whole Lingshan area is a tourist attraction built only in 2008 so there is no history to find here, with a musical fountain which plays out the story of the birth of the Buddha, as well as the Brahma palace, a very grand palace with the pillars made of sandalwood, built to host the 2009 Buddhist conference. Entrance is ¥210 for a standard ticket excluding the electric buses. There is a show in one of the temples and you should get a free ticket when you buy the park fee (maybe not in peak season). It is only 20 minutes long and partly video thus not worth spending extra cash on if you did not get the ticket with your entrance ticket.
Address: Mashan Peninsula, Southwest Suburb, Wuxi
Arrival method: Bus 106, 53, 87, 72, 310 can be reached
Tel: 0510-85686166
Opening hours: 7:30-17:00
Tickets: 210 yuan lsly.chinalingshan.com

Taihu Lake

Taihu Lake is just like a bright pearl set in the Yangtze River delta. It crosses Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, where 48 islets of different sizes and 72 peaks and peninsulas along the lake combine to form a panorama of great natural beauty. The best place to view the beautiful lake is on the Turtle Head Islet. Turtle Head Islet is an islet stretching into the water, whose shape is really like the head of a turtle protruding from the water. Taihu Lake and the surrounding magnificence will bewitch your eyes when you climb onto Turtle Head. When the soft breezes blow, waves roll and the hills in the distance look like an overlapping landscape painting. The scene is really captivating. Turtle Head Islet Park is mainly made of the natural landscape, augmented by man-made additions. Flowers and trees can be seen everywhere. Various kinds of architecture are strategically placed among the trees and shrubs. All conspire to make the park graceful and elegant.

Besides the natural scenery of Taihu Lake, there are many ruins of historic sites, such as the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty (581-618), the Islets in the lake along with the coastal places in the east, the north and the west both of which are the cradle land of the culture of Wuyue (this culture touches on traditions that flow from or refer to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the southeast part of Anhui Province today) and so on.

Taihu Lake is an abundant source of fish. Traveling there, you can taste the famous delicious food known as ‘Taihu Lake Three Whites’, including white shrimp, whitebait and whitefish. The feast is generally prepared in the boat as one floats on the placid waters of Taihu Lake. It is very well worth a visit.

Sea of bamboo in Yixing

The Sea of bamboo in Yixing is one of the 18 attractions and 10 most attracting scenic areas of Wuxi, covering a total area of about 10,000 mu (666.67 hectare). The vast bamboo forest lights up the Mirror Lake with wonderful sceneries. You can take a cycling tour in the forest.
Address: Hutun Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City
Arrival method: You can reach the tour line 1
Tickets: 80 yuan

Xu Beihong Memorial Hall

Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also regarded as one of the first to create monumental oil paintings with epic Chinese themes – a show of his high proficiency in an essential Western art technique. He was one of the four pioneers of Chinese modern art who earned the title of “The Four Great Academy Presidents”.Zhu Ming, a contemporary Chinese art thinker and economic thinker, commented as “the leader of bole in ancient and modern painting fields”.
Address: No. 1 Park Road, Yicheng Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City
Arrival method: Bus 106, 53, 87, 310 can be reached
Tel: 0510-87917536
Opening hours: 7:00-11:00, 13:00-16:40
Tickets: Free

The palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, officially the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, was an oppositional state in China from 1851 to 1864, supporting the overthrow of the Qing dynasty by Hong Xiuquan and his followers. The unsuccessful war it waged against the Qing is known as the Taiping Rebellion. Its capital was at Tianjing (present-day Nanjing).

A self-proclaimed convert to Christianity, Hong Xiuquan led an army that controlled a significant part of southern China during the middle of the 19th century, eventually expanding to a size of nearly 30 million people. The rebel kingdom announced social reforms and the replacement of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk religion by his form of Christianity, holding that he was the second son of God and the younger brother of Jesus. The Taiping areas were besieged by Qing forces throughout most of the rebellion. The Qing government defeated the rebellion with the eventual aid of French and British forces.
Address: No. 9 Tongzhenguan Lane, Heping Street, Yicheng Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City
Arrival mode: bus 3, 6, 12, tour 1, tour 2 can arrive
Tickets: Free

Itinerary

Wuxi three-day tour

DAY1: Donglin Academy – Xihui Park – Huishan Ancient Street – plum park
DAY2: Gion – Shantou
DAY3 Lingshan Buddha

Food

Traditional Wuxi food is very sweet and savoury. Local specialties include Wuxi-style xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) which is sweeter than Shanghainese style, also Wuxi rib is known throughout China, the ribs are braised in red sauce with star anise until they fall off the bones.

In some alleys there are different kinds of foods on a stick, it is very popular with the locals.

There is also a wide selection of western food.

Accommodation

The service quality of Wuxi Hotel ranks first in the country, with star-rated hotels and chain hotels with economy, affordable and convenient transportation.

Shopping

Wuxi is a city with a lot of shopping areas; It has a wide range of brands is available.

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